Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wervin, Cheshire

Wervin is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cheshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BEECROFT99.67742,307.69
GRIFFITH99.6774297.03
PLEVIN88.602220,000.00
JACKSON77.526926.93
GARDINER77.5269262.17
OLDFIELD66.4516389.61
DAVIES66.451612.69
JONES55.37634.75
MADDOCK44.3011470.59
HACKNEY44.3011975.61
PATE44.30111,025.64
EMERY22.150598.52
PRICE22.150512.29
DODD22.150552.91
HUGHES22.15057.67
WILKINSON22.150514.09
PARRY11.075314.12
LOWE11.075314.35
WILLIAMS11.07531.50
EVANS11.07532.46
HORTON11.075328.99
GILES11.075328.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLEVIN0.099320000.0000
BEECROFT0.09932307.6923
PATE0.09931025.6410
HACKNEY0.0993975.6098
MADDOCK0.0993470.5882
OLDFIELD0.0993389.6104
GRIFFITH0.0993297.0297
GARDINER0.0993262.1723
EMERY0.099398.5222
DODD0.099352.9101
HORTON0.099328.9855
GILES0.099328.2486
JACKSON0.099326.9334
LOWE0.099314.3472
PARRY0.099314.1243
WILKINSON0.099314.0944
DAVIES0.099312.6850
PRICE0.099312.2850
HUGHES0.09937.6746
JONES0.09934.7470
EVANS0.09932.4606
WILLIAMS0.09931.4968

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 93 people called PLEVIN in Wervin at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 20000.0000 in Wervin means that 20000.0000% of the people in Wervin on census day were called PLEVIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLEVIN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called PLEVIN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called PLEVIN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called PLEVIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Wervin means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLEVIN in Wervin than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wervin in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BEECROFT (9)  BLANTERN (1)  DAVIES (6)  DENTITH (1)  DODD (2)  EMERY (2)  EVANS (1)  GARDINER (7)  GILES (1)  GRIFFITH (9)  HACKNEY (4)  HORTON (1)  HUGHES (2)  HUGES (HUGHES) (2)  ITHELL (3)  JACKSON (7)  JONES (5)  LOWE (1)  MADDOCK (4)  OLDFIELD (6)  PATE (4)  PARRY (1)  PLEVIN (8)  PRICE (2)  TILSTON (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (1)